酷酷的:cool的用法和辨析
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”
——Thomas Jefferson, Third U.S. President
「在所有情況下永遠保持冷靜且不受影響,可以帶給一個人莫大的優勢。」
——湯瑪斯‧傑佛遜 (美國第三任總統)
一、你知道cool有幾種含義嗎?
adj.
1.涼的,不熱的,涼快的,涼爽的 fairly cold; not hot or warm
The cool water of the lake invites us to swim.
清涼的湖水吸引我們去游泳。
2.冷靜的,沉着的,泰然自若的,坦然接受的,心平氣和的 calm; not excited, angry or emotional
He was always a cool man, nothing could disturb his serenity.
他永遠是個冷靜的人,沒有什麼事可以打擾他的平靜。
3.冷漠的,冷淡的,不友善的 not friendly, interested or enthusiastic
As he faced the cool gray eyes which, effortlessly, seemed to bore into him.
他看到那雙冷淡的大眼睛似乎漫不經心地直盯着自己的臉。
4.冷色調的 making you feel pleasantly cool
The room is painted in cool greens and blues.
房間塗着能給人以涼爽感覺的綠色和藍色。
n.
1.涼快,涼爽 moderately cold
The cool of the evening make me feel cosy.
夜晚的涼爽讓我感到舒服。
2.涼爽的空氣或地方 cool air or a cool place
There were numbers of people walking in the cool.
有不少的人都出來乘涼散步。
v.
1.(使)變涼,冷卻,降溫 [I,T] to become or to make sb / sth become cool or cooler
When water is cooled below 0 degrees Celsius, it freezes and becomes ice.
水冷卻到0攝氏度以下時,凍結成冰。
2.變淡,減弱,減少 [I,T] to become calmer, less excited or less enthusiastic
He is too excited, we must do something to make him cool down.
他太激動了,我們得沒法使他冷靜下來。
二、還有哪些詞也能表示cool的意思呢?
cold, cool, chilly, frosty, freezing, icy
這些形容詞均含“冷、涼”之意。
cold最普通用詞,強調缺乏溫暖,使人不舒服。
cool指既不太熱也不太冷。
chilly指使哆嗦的冷。
frosty指霧氣在寒冷物體的表面凝結成薄冰時的嚴寒結霜的溫度。
freezing指使人僵直,使東西凝固的冷。
icy多指風暴、風雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。
三、含有cool的常見短語
cool down
v. 1.(使)變涼 2.冷靜下來
cool it
v. 放鬆下來
cool jazz
冷漠派爵士樂
cool off
1. 變涼;冷卻下來 2. 鎮靜下來;變冷淡;不再那麼激動 cool sb off 1. 使感到涼快(或涼爽) 2. 使冷靜;使平靜;使冷淡 cool sth off 1. 使(某物)變涼;冷卻下來
四、一起來做個填詞遊戲吧
The _____ autumn wind clarified my mind.
涼爽的秋風使我的頭腦清醒過來。